Improvement in lanterns



P. J. CLARK.

Lantern.

N0. 3mm. Patented "Feb. 17, 1,863

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. J. CLARK, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO S. S. CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,718, dated February 17, 1863.

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be. it known that I, P. J. ULARK, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an external view or elevation of my invention Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line a- 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple means whereby the lamp of the lantern may be lighted and also blown out or extinguished, and the wick raised and lowered, without detaching or removingthe lamp from the lantern.

To this end theinvention consists in having a movable band fitted on the base or lower metallic portion of the lantern, said band having an opening made in it and also the base or metallic portion of the lantern, so that by turning the band the opening in the latter may be made to register or be brought in line with the opening in the base, and a match inserted through said openings and brought in contact with the wick of the lamp, the band, when the lamp is lighted and the match withdrawn, being turned so as to close the opening in the base. By this arrangement, also, the lamp may be blown out as well as lighted without removing the lamp from the lantern.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

A represents the glass globe of the lantern; B, the metal cap, and C the metal base. D is thelamp, which maybe secured in thebaseC in the usual or in any proper way. These parts, being of ordinary construction, do not require a minute description.

E represeutsa band, which encompasses the base 0 and is fitted between two heads, a a, on the base 0, said beads serving as guides for the band E, the latter being allowed to turn freely on the base C. In the band E there is made an opening, I), and a similar opening, 0, is made in the base C. At one end of the opening I) there is a lip or projection, d, which projects inward through the opening 0 in the base, as shown in Fig. 2, said lip or pr0- jection serving as a stop to prevent the band E being moved or turned an unnecessary dist-ance in either direction.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that by turning the band E to the let't until the lip or projection 01 comes in contact with the lefthand edge of the opening 0 in the base 0, the two openings 1) 0 will register or be in line with each other, and access will be had with the lamp D, so that a match may be applied to the wick and the latter lighted. The match may then be withdrawn and the band E turned to the right until the lip or projection 01 comes in contact with the right-hand side of the openingc, and the openingc will then be closed. By this very simple arrangement it will be seen that the lamp does not require to be removed t'rom the lantern only in case of filling the same and trimming the wick. The latter may be raised and lowered when the openings b c register with each other by having the shaft d of the wick-wheels in line with said openings, so that the button 0 of the shaft 01 may be grasped by the fingers and turned.

This invention-is more especially designed for lanterns which are provided with lamps having coal-oil burners, which are used without chimneys.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improved article of manufacture- A lantern, having its base or lower metallic portion, 0, provided with an opening, 0, and having a movable band, E, or a section of a band, fitted upon the base, which band is also provided with an opening, I), all being arranged in such a manner that by turning the band the openings 1) 0 may be made to register or be brought in line with each other, or placed out of register or line with each other, for the purposes specified.

' I. J. CLARK.

Witnesses:

ORVILLE H. PLATT, GEO. A. FAY. 

